The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-29
LOCAL NOTES.

Lots of excitement this week.
 Taylor D. Mac Leod is at Silent.
 Will Smith is in town on official business
 Hon. 0. F. Rouse is here on official busi ness.
 H. ". Blaisdell was in town during the week.
 ". D. Morton is making short stay at Pomona.
 Palemon Avila and Samuel Purdy Jr. ar, in town.
 Col. J. ". Youngblood has gone to Lot Angeles.
 Capt. J. Day of Clip was in town during the week.
 West bound excursion trains are the order of the day.
 Prison Commissioners Stevens and Brady are in town.
 Judge Wm. Brodie has gone to Glamis on a business visit
 All the stores in town are doing Gland. office" business.
 Dr. J. Adler came in on yesterdays train to see Mr. Gates.
 J. de Haven of San Francisco was in Y1ma yesterday.
 Hon. Isaac Levy has gone to Los Angeles on business visit.
 Some of our surveyors ought to get up q good map of this County; it would pay.
 Hundreds of visitors from this burg were interested spectators at the Yuma fiesta.
 E1-Gov. Perkins and R. T. Garrett were passengers on Wednesdays west bound eI- press.
 Doctors Taggart and De Corse are the medical attendants of the wounded Superin tendent.
 Purdy Relyea nephew of Hon. Samuel Purdy arrived here from Chicago, q few days ago:
 It is reported on good authority that work will be resumed on the Clip, at an early day.
 Herbert Penney the affable and talented editor of the Tucson Citizen was in town yesterday.
 Tamales and water-melons in abundance were sold by enterprising dealers, at the h. dian fiesta
 Hon. Hancock Johnson of Los Angeles, an intimate friend of Thcs. Gates arrived here yesterday.
 Mrs. Frank Van Ness and children have returned to Yuma, from a visit to San Ber- nardino County.
 The Los Angeles Herald one of our most valued exchanges, is received here about three times a week.
 The inmates of the Territorial Prison, are visited every Sunday, by Rev. H. J. Ehlers and Father Chaueot.
 Jose otero charged with selling whiskey to Indians has been sent to Phoenix to await action U. s. Grand Jury.
 Len Harris arrested three railroad men il. Tucson few days ago for robbing cars oi freight; the prisoners are said to have con fessed.
 Col. sublette of the Csrga Muchachc mines left for San Francisco on Wednesday; the genial colonel will not stop over in Los Angeles.
 Dr. ThOs. Handy, Judge W. H. Barnes, Chas. Etchells B. c. Parker, and E. B. Clifford arrived yesterday morning to see their friend Thos. Gates.
 I. B. Jordan prominent nurseryman of Florida, visited Yuma this week Mir Jor- dan will plant an orange and lemon orchard near Tacna on the Antelope Canal
 The Raymond excursions will leave Bos- ton for Southern California, November 10, December and 8. January PIP, Is, and 23, February 2, 7 and 20, and and F.
 There is talk or a special being run from here to Yuma to night, and. one will, in ali start out, as many of Mir. Gates friends have expressed wish to go down Citizen.
 Tom Gates showed his bravery and grit when he ordered guard Hartlee to shoot the convict who held him with grip of iron Hartle shot and hit his man too. Good shooting and pluck.
 The postal clerks On the S. P. need an 9verhauling The mail from California i s carried by this place frequently, complaints are being made daily and it is to be hoped they wili meet with early and proper at 5ention.
 The revolt at the penitentiary was con6n- sd entirely to Mexican prisoners, one of whom 4. Rivera had only four months nio'e c serve. It is generally believ ed that th, t plot- embraced q ia ge num!er' of the Nj i,an convicts, but the determined actiou e. the officers scared off the otbers.
 Excltemont in Texas.
 Great excitement has been caused in the vicinit; of Paris, Texas. by the re nsrkabie